Whiffletree-clip.



PATENTED SEPT. 8, 1903.

' T. J. BULLOCK. WHIFFLETREE CLIP.

ARPLIGATION FILED MAY Q. 1903.

no MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented September 8, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

WHlFFLETREE-CL|P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 738,405, dated September 8, 1903.

Application fileclMay 9,1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LTHoMAs JEFFERSON BUL- LOOK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Freedom, in the county of Barren and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful lVhiffletree-Olip, of which the following is a specification. v

This invention is awhifiletree-clip designed to connect the loop ring to the end of the whifiietree and the object of the invention is to provide a clip of this kind which can be easily and quickly connected to any of the whiffletrees now in use; andwith this object in View this invention consists, essentially, of two plates hinged together at their rear ends, each plate being provided with barbs adapted to bind into the upper and lower faces of the' whiflietree, one of the plates having a boss at the forward end against which the lap-ring bears, and means for fasteningthe clip-plates together.

The invention consists alsoin certain details of construction and novelties of combination, all of which will be fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view showin g the practical application of my invention. Fig. 2 is a view showing the clip disconnected from the end of the whiffletree. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of said clip, showing the position the various parts assume when the clip is connected to the end of the whiffletree.

In carrying out my invention I employ two plates A and B, which are connected at their rear ends by means of a hinged joint 0. These plates are broader at their rear ends than at the forward ends,and adjacent to their rear ends they are bowed or curved, as shown at A and B, said bowed or curved portions being provided with inwardly projecting barbs D, which are adapted to bite into the end of the whiflletree E. The forward end of the plate B is formed with a cylindrical boss F, which has a central squared portion G upon the upper end thereof, and passing upwardly through said boss is the bolt H. The forward end of the plate A has a square opening I,

Serial Ila-156,458. (N0 model.)

which is adapted to fit over the squared por tion G of the boss F, and the nut K is screwed upon the end of the bolt H for the purpose of fastening the said forward ends of the plates together. The eye of the lap-ring L ispassed over the boss F before the forward ends of the plates are connected, and the inner face of the boss is curved or cut away, as shown at F, to provide a suitable bearing for the eye of said lap-ring. In order to tightly bind the plates upon the end of the whiffletree, the bolt M, which passes upwardly through the bottom plate B and also through the top plate A, has a nut N screwed thereon.

It will be noted that the upper face of both nuts K and N are slotted,so that a screw-driver can be utilized for turning them, thereby avoiding the necessity of employing a wrench.

It will thus be seen that I provide an eX- ceedingly cheap, simple, and efficient construction of whiliietree-clip by means of which the ordinary construction of lap-ring can be connected to the end of the whiffletree.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A clip comprising two hinged plates adapted to fit over and extend in advance of a whiffletree, said plates having perforations in vertical alinement intermediate their ends, one of said plates having a boss formed on its forward end, and the other plate having an eye adapted to fit over said boss, means for locking the eye 011 the boss, a bolt adapted to pass through and project from the alining perforations, and a nut adapted to be secured on the projecting end of said bolt.

2. A device of the kind described comprising hinged plates adapted to fit over a whiffletree, a boss formed on the lower plate adjacent its forward end, said boss being recessed on its inner face, a lapring having an eye adapted to fit over the boss and engage the recessed portion of same, and means for lock- 7 ing the upper plate to the boss.

THOMAS JEFFERSON BULLOCK. lVitnesses:

'l". B. SHIRLEY, J. A. SUMNER. 

